Procedures

Question 1

What are the 3 main reasons that students do not follow procedures?

Answer 1

1. teacher has not taught what happens in the classroom
2. students have not been taught how to follow procedures
3. teacher spends no time managing the classroom with procedures

Question 2

What are the 3 steps to teaching procedures?

Answer 2

1. Teach (state, explain, demonstrate)
2. Rehearse (rehearse and practice under teacher supervision)
3. Reinforce (reteach, rehearse, practice, reinforce until it becomes student habit or routine)

Question 3

What are Glasser’s 10 characteristics of effective classroom rules?

Answer 3

1. Jointly established
2. Positive
3. Reasonable
4. Clearly defined
5. Observable
6. Succinct
7. Few in number
8. Enforceable
9. Enforced
10. Constantly evaluated